BALLANTYNE
| date night
Girls
Guitars
Winner
Loretta Cozart,
Husband
Kip Enjoy
Country
Extravaganza
By Michael J. Solender
Photos by Shane Baskin
THE ONLY THINGS HOTTER THAN THE
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE CHARLOTTE'S
FILLMORE BALLROOM on this midJuly evening were the guitar licks and
riffs laid on the adoring crowd at the
Girls & Guitars benefit concert. Sitting
up front on the rail at a special VIP
table was Loretta Cozart, the winner of
the "Backstage at The Fillmore — VIP
Experience." Happy to be at her side was
husband William "Kip" Cozart.
The Cozarts, each 53, are longtime
residents of Ballantyne's Landen
Meadows neighborhood. Loretta was
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